News Service:

Michael Bugeja, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, (515)
294-0481

David Gieseke, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, (515) 294-7742

Kevin Brown, News Service, (515) 294-8986

Three Iowa broadcast companies create apprenticeship programs at Iowa
State

AMES, Iowa -- Three Des Moines broadcast companies -- KCCI-TV 8, WHO-TV
13 and Mediacom -- will create paid internships and scholarships for
students in Iowa State University's Greenlee School of Journalism and
Communication.

Michael Bugeja, director of the Greenlee School, said the broadcast
apprenticeship program is modeled after similar Iowa State programs with
Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, and the Scripps Howard Foundation,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Iowa State students will work 400-hour internships and earn $3,000. An
additional $1,000 scholarship is awarded upon completion of the
apprenticeship. Students will be interviewed in January 2006 for internships
that summer. All three companies have committed to the program for three
years.

"We're delighted to have these affiliations," Bugeja said. "Our best
students will go to those outlets and strengthen the Greenlee School's
partnerships with the broadcasters."

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Three Des Moines broadcast companies -- KCCI-TV 8, WHO-TV 13 and Mediacom
-- will create paid internships and scholarships for students in Iowa State
University's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication.

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"Our best students will go to those outlets and strengthen the Greenlee
School's partnerships with the broadcasters."